You're not going to believe this, but one of the main men of the QAnon movement is grifting people. That's right: Ron Watkins is turning his tweets into NFTs. The man is thought to be behind the QAnon character that has swept up millions of people into a cult-like movement is auctioning off screenshots of several of his tweets that were retweeted by Donald Trump — you know, prior to both of them getting banned from Twitter for their role in encouraging an attempted coup. The money, Watkins says, will go toward "a secret project" that he says "will help save America," and definitely won't just be used to cover his rent, if that's what you're thinking.
Watkins put the first of the screengrabs up for auction Monday on OpenSea, a platform where users can bid on pieces of digital art using the cryptocurrency Ethereum. The tweet in question is one that he sent out on Jan. 3, just days before the riot at the Capitol, which states: "If you are planning to attend peaceful protests in D.C. on the 6th, I recommend wearing a body camera. The more video angles of that day the better." Trump, who was at that time the president, you may remember, retweeted that message, because of course he did.
